Method, system and program product for displaying advertising content on a music player
First Claim
1. A method of advertising on a portable music player, the method comprising the steps of:
- the portable music player identifying a plurality of music files currently stored on the portable music player by checking a library of music files currently stored on the portable music player;
a programmed processor determining advertising content to be displayed on the portable music player based in part on identities of the plurality of music files identified by the portable music player from the library as currently stored on the portable music player; and
the programmed processor initiating display of the advertising content on the portable music player.
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Abstract
A method, system and program product for displaying advertising content on a portable music player. A method, system and program product for displaying advertising content on a portable music player based on content stored therein. The method includes checking in a meta tag for a music file being downloaded whether a URL corresponding to a content file containing advertising content associated with the music file being downloaded is specified therein. If a URL is specified, automatically connecting to the URL to download the content file associated with the music file being downloaded, and displaying, on the display of the music player, relevant content of the advertising content downloaded to the music player, where the advertising content downloaded includes at least one of: advertising related to a music file downloaded, advertising related to a music file stored on the music player, additional general information related to the music file downloaded, and additional general information related to a music file stored on the music player.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of advertising on a portable music player, the method comprising the steps of:
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the portable music player identifying a plurality of music files currently stored on the portable music player by checking a library of music files currently stored on the portable music player; a programmed processor determining advertising content to be displayed on the portable music player based in part on identities of the plurality of music files identified by the portable music player from the library as currently stored on the portable music player; and the programmed processor initiating display of the advertising content on the portable music player. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer program product for advertising on a portable music player, the computer program product comprising:
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one or more computer-readable tangible storage devices; program instructions, stored on one or more of the storage devices for execution in the portable music player, to identify a plurality of music files currently stored on the portable music player by checking a library of music files currently stored on the portable music player; program instructions, stored on one or more of the storage devices, to determine advertising content to be displayed on the portable music player based in part on identities of the plurality of music files identified by the program instructions, which execute in the portable music player, from the library as currently stored on the portable music player; and program instructions, stored on one or more of the storage devices, to initiate display of the advertising content on the portable music player. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer system for advertising on a portable music player, the computer system comprising:
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one or more processors, one or more computer-readable tangible memories, and one or more computer-readable tangible storage devices; program instructions, stored in the portable music player on one or more of the storage devices for execution in the portable music player by one or more of the processors via one or more of the memories, to identify a plurality of music files currently stored on the portable music player by checking a library of music files currently stored on the portable music player; program instructions, stored on one or more of the storage devices for execution by one or more of the processors via one or more of the memories, to determine advertising content to be displayed on the portable music player based in part on identities of the plurality of music files identified by the program instructions, which execute in the portable music player, from the library as currently stored on the portable music player; and program instructions, stored on one or more of the storage devices for execution by one or more of the processors via one or more of the memories, to initiate display of the advertising content on the portable music player. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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